Year: | 1947 |
Team: | Chaffey Panthers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Eastern Conference |
Short Conf: | Eastern |
Record: | 10–1 |
Conf Record: | 4–1 |
Head Coach: | Ray Rosso |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Stadium: | Graber Field |
Champion: | Eastern Conference co-champion Little Rose Bowl champion |
Bowl: | Little Rose Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 39–26 vs. |
The 1947 Chaffey Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Chaffey College, then of Ontario, California, as a member of the Eastern Conference during the 1947 junior college football season. In their second year under head coach Ray Rosso, the Panthers compiled a 10–1 record (4–1 in conference games), shared the Eastern Conference title with, defeated of Oklahoma in the Little Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 233 to 88.
Starters included quarterback Anse McCullough, backs Orland DiCiccio, Bill DeYoung, and Austin Snyder, center Johnny Luman, ends Bob Sachs and Chet Nicholson, tackles Jerry Bell and Lou Blanc, and guards Charles Hollingsworth and Charlie Dean.[1]
The team played its home games at Graber Field in Ontario, California.